Archive for the ‘YouTube’ Category
Friday, May 2nd, 2008
My MTV series will return next Friday.
In the meantime, it is only 3 days until I get to go to KC and see my latest favorite band, The Swell Season.
For those not in the know, the Swell Season is Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova from the best movie of ...
Posted in Entertainment, YouTube | 5 Comments »
Friday, April 18th, 2008
MTV appeared on the air in August of 1981. However, music videos had been produced for years. There would be several videos from songs released earlier in 1981 that MTV was able to put into heavy rotation quickly. In many cases MTV would help prolong their chart ...
Posted in Entertainment, MTV, YouTube | 6 Comments »
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
So, overall I found it to be a tad bloated and in need of a good editing. However, my DVR cut off before the closing song. This season has been full of allusions to Christianity. And any time those allusions are to Christians being committed to social ...
Posted in Entertainment, YouTube | 7 Comments »
Friday, April 4th, 2008
(Note: I am a huge Dolly Parton fan and acknowledge that she is one of the finest song-writers that the world of country music has ever known. In light of her appearance this past week on American Idol I thought I would repost this blog entry from back in ...
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Friday, March 14th, 2008
In the early days it was apparent that most bands had yet to begin making expensive and glossy videos. As you can see from the first day of MTV programming there were a preponderance of live videos from existing concert shows.
Videos 9 and 10 would come from two of ...
Posted in MTV, YouTube | 8 Comments »
Friday, March 7th, 2008
MTV debuted on August 1st, 1981. I had just turned 13 years old and was a music lover. I didn't watch that first day but it wasn't long before I began to tune in regularly. Over the course of the next decade I would tune in almost ...
Posted in MTV, YouTube | 18 Comments »
Friday, February 29th, 2008
So, after the glut of heady, Oscar-worthy fare I decided to rent some brain dead flicks. I was in the market for a good comedy. So, I checked out Good Luck, Chuck and I can say, without reservation, that Dane Cook is the least funny comedian in the ...
Posted in Entertainment, YouTube | 4 Comments »
Friday, February 1st, 2008
...and just sang along.
Pure greatness. You can't listen to this without tapping your hands on the steering wheel.
Posted in YouTube | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
I snatched up two pretty hot albums today on iTunes.
Kate Voegel is a 20 year old singer-songwriter who has some serious chops. She is being billed as a "commercial Patty Griffin" and has been heralded for her songwriting ability. Her sound has that pop slickness but ...
Posted in Entertainment, What I Am Loving, YouTube | 4 Comments »
Thursday, January 17th, 2008
When we both moved to Albuquerque in January of 1998 Tracy made it her mission to give me a little culture. I'm sure it became a somewhat frustrating endeavor for her. However, she did succeed on a few fronts. Most notably she dragged me to see the ...
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